WHAT Reboot Episode 1: We're so excited

Intro: We are now We Have A Take!
2:00 What is Woj’s coffee drinking plan for the week? 
3:15 Live your best life teenagers
3:45 Sports is helping a bit with the mental toil the pandemic is taking. 
6:00 Welcome to I’m So Excited
7:00 This year’s draft will be different but it won’t take away the accomplishment of being drafted. 
11:00 You are just as drafted if you are in your living room as if you were in the Barclays center.
12:45 Draft firsts that are not first picks. 
13:00 First international player drafted. 1973 Milwaukee Bucks selected Swen Nater from the Netherlands
(Note: Mychal Thompson who was born in the Bahamas was drafted in 1978, but because he played at Minnesota he wasn’t considered an international player. He was first foreign-born player taken #1)
16:00 1950 Draft, first Black Players drafted: Chuck Cooper (Boston) Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton (NY) Earl Lloyd( DC Capitols) 
17:30 First Woman Drafted: 1969 Draft. San Francisco Warriors 13th Pick-Denise Long Rife. (pick was vetoed). First woman to be picked whose selection was not voided was Lousia Harris to the New Orleans Jazz. 
21:15 Should New Orleans get their own name back. At We Have A Take we say its okay to have new names! 
23:45 Draft prospects that might (probably won’t) come to Portland.
25:30 A lot of the info I gathered from local are from Blazers Edge and Holy Backboard. 
26:00 RJ Hampton
28:30 Hampton’s swaggy swaggerful shot as described by Cassidy. 
32:00 Rating our excitement level for RJ (draft picks are rated out of five possible stars) Cassidy: 4 Stars, Tara: 3 1/2 Stars
34:30 Saddiq Bey Rating Cassidy: 3 Stars, Tara: 4 1/2 Stars
44:00 Frankly, how they line their suit is very important.
45:00 Tyrese Maxey, Interview re Gary Trent Jr. Sage’s write up on Holy Backboard. Rating Cassidy: 3 Stars, Tara: 3 Stars. 
51:30 Precious Achinuwa. We like to watch players with soccer backgrounds. Rating: Cassidy: 4 1/2 Stars, Tara: 4 1/2 Stars.
1:00 Icemaker: What are we looking forward to with our new podcast?
 
References
Holy Backboard Draft Preview episode

Blazers Edge Draft coverage

NBA draft 2020 – Perfect picks for every team in the first round

NBA Mock Drafts 2020 – Basketball Draft Projections – CBSSports.com

2020 NBA Mock Draft 13.0: Two Round Edition

NBA mock draft: Projecting all 60 picks post-Finals

NBA Mock Draft

We held an NBA mock draft with our writers picking for their favorite teams

2020 NBA Mock Draft & Simulator

The Ringer’s 2020 NBA Draft Guide

2020 NBA Mock Draft: Simulating 3 Trades in Historically Unpredictable Lottery

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